February 8, 2016

Merkel Is "Horrified" By ISIS Deaths At Hands of Russians In Syria, But Not By Refugee Rapes In Her Own Country

This cretin is horrified by ISIS deaths in Syria but not by refugee rapes in Germany. The pro-ISIS policies of her ally Erdogan have caused more civilian suffering and created more refugees in Syria than Putin's actions.

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said she is “horrified” by the suffering caused by Russian bombing in Syria as pro-government forces backed by airstrikes came closer to encircling Aleppo.

Opposition activists and state media on Monday said Syrian army troops had taken the village of Kfeen, north of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, while rebel forces have also withdrawn under bombing from three Kurdish villages.

Tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the Russian-backed advance on Aleppo remain stranded near the Turkish border, with no sign that the authorities in Ankara will respond to mounting international pressure to allow in more refugees.

“We have been, in the past few days, not just appalled but horrified by what has been caused in the way of human suffering for tens of thousands of people by bombing – bombing primarily from the Russian side,”Merkel said after a meeting with Turkey’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu. She said the two countries would push at the United Nations for all sides to stick to a resolution passed in December calling for a halt to attacks on the civilian population.

Merkel made clear that she considered Moscow’s current course of action a violation of the UN resolution since it directly targeted civilians.